U.N. court delays trial of Serb war crimes suspects
07 Mar 2008 19:10:54 GMT Source: Reuters
AMSTERDAM, March 7 (Reuters) - The U.N. tribunal postponed by a week the trial of two Serbian former security officials accused of killing non-Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia during the 1992-1995 war. The trial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, which had been initially scheduled for March 10, will now start on March 17, the tribunal said in a statement on Friday. The delay came at the request of prosecutors. Stanisic was Slobodan Milosevic's secret service chief and Simatovic a commander of elite Serb forces. Prosecutors say both trained and armed Serb special units who set out on a programme of ethnic-cleansing. (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; editing by Sami Aboudi)
Ali Hassan al-Majeed listens to the prosecution during the "Anfal" genocide trial in Baghdad in this December 18, 2006 file photo. Iraq's presidency council has cleared the way for the long-delayed ...
